Boiga beddomei

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Beddome's Cat Snake
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Animalia Phylum: Chordata Class: Reptilia Order: Squamata Suborder: Serpentes Family: Colubridae Genus: Boiga Species: B. beddomei
Binomial name
Boiga beddomei (Wall, 1909)

Beddome's Cat Snake 'Boiga beddomei is a species of snake found in Sri Lanka and India (Western Ghats, : Maharashtra (Bhimashankar, Mulshi, Koyna(?), Vasota(?))). Named after Richard Henry Beddome, 1830-1911, British army officer and botanist.

[edit] External links

• EMBL reptile database
• http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Boiga_beddomei.jpg
• http://itgmv1.fzk.de/www/itg/uetz/herp/photos/Boiga_beddomei2.jpg

[edit] References

• Whitaker, Romulus and Ashok Captain 2004 Snakes of India. Draco Books, 500 pp.
• Wall,F. 1909 Remarks on some forms of Dipsadomorphus. Rec. Ind. Mus. 3: 151-155
• Wall, FRANK 1921 Ophidia Taprobanica or the Snakes of Ceylon. Colombo Mus. (H. R. Cottle, govt. printer), Colombo. xxii, 581 pages